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The Insert Key
"Jay Freedman" wrote: boardbigmountain wrote: I am having problems in Word XP - when I hit the insert key Word will not go into overwrite mode. Is there an add-inn that I need to install, or some other type of additional installation that I need to perform to make this work? Nothing additional, but you do need to check out a couple of configuration options. Easiest: Look in Tools Options Edit. If "Use the INS key for paste" is checked, clear it. Next: Go to Tools Customize and click the Keyboard button. Click "All Commands" in the Categories list, then click "Overtype" in the Commands list. If you don't see "Insert" in the Current Keys box, put the cursor in the Press New Shortcut Key box and press the Insert key. Click Assign before closing all dialogs. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Jay, I also am having this problem. The OVR in the bottom line being greyed out, and pressing the INSERT key, does nothing other than produce an audible "THUMP". I have checked both items you mentioned above, and still have the problem. I even "re-registered" the INSERT key. Now, here is the clue that I think that will make the solution clear to you, and then perhaps to me. This is only with a certain document that I received from someone else. Other documents that I have created, or from other people do not have this problem. Help ?? Chris |
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cjkoeb wrote:
"Jay Freedman" wrote: boardbigmountain wrote: I am having problems in Word XP - when I hit the insert key Word will not go into overwrite mode. Is there an add-inn that I need to install, or some other type of additional installation that I need to perform to make this work? Nothing additional, but you do need to check out a couple of configuration options. Easiest: Look in Tools Options Edit. If "Use the INS key for paste" is checked, clear it. Next: Go to Tools Customize and click the Keyboard button. Click "All Commands" in the Categories list, then click "Overtype" in the Commands list. If you don't see "Insert" in the Current Keys box, put the cursor in the Press New Shortcut Key box and press the Insert key. Click Assign before closing all dialogs. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Jay, I also am having this problem. The OVR in the bottom line being greyed out, and pressing the INSERT key, does nothing other than produce an audible "THUMP". I have checked both items you mentioned above, and still have the problem. I even "re-registered" the INSERT key. Now, here is the clue that I think that will make the solution clear to you, and then perhaps to me. This is only with a certain document that I received from someone else. Other documents that I have created, or from other people do not have this problem. Help ?? Chris Hi Chris, One possibility is that this particular document contains an AutoOpen or Document_Open macro that unassigns the Insert key or assigns it to a different function. Try going to Tools Macro Security and setting the level to High, then reopening that document. If that removes the problem, it's time to investigate further. Press Alt+F11 to open the VBA editor. In the Project Explorer pane on the left, find the project with the document's name in it. Expand the icon and then double-click the ThisDocument icon and any icons that appear under the Modules icon. If you see any code there, copy it and paste it into a reply here, and we'll tell you what it does. You might want to keep it and/or modify it, or you might want to remove it completely. A second, more remote possibility is some sort of document corruption, although I've never heard of one that specifically disabled overtype and did nothing else. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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"Jay Freedman" wrote: cjkoeb wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote: boardbigmountain wrote: I am having problems in Word XP - when I hit the insert key Word will not go into overwrite mode. Is there an add-inn that I need to install, or some other type of additional installation that I need to perform to make this work? Nothing additional, but you do need to check out a couple of configuration options. Easiest: Look in Tools Options Edit. If "Use the INS key for paste" is checked, clear it. Next: Go to Tools Customize and click the Keyboard button. Click "All Commands" in the Categories list, then click "Overtype" in the Commands list. If you don't see "Insert" in the Current Keys box, put the cursor in the Press New Shortcut Key box and press the Insert key. Click Assign before closing all dialogs. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Jay, I also am having this problem. The OVR in the bottom line being greyed out, and pressing the INSERT key, does nothing other than produce an audible "THUMP". I have checked both items you mentioned above, and still have the problem. I even "re-registered" the INSERT key. Now, here is the clue that I think that will make the solution clear to you, and then perhaps to me. This is only with a certain document that I received from someone else. Other documents that I have created, or from other people do not have this problem. Help ?? Chris Hi Chris, One possibility is that this particular document contains an AutoOpen or Document_Open macro that unassigns the Insert key or assigns it to a different function. Try going to Tools Macro Security and setting the level to High, then reopening that document. If that removes the problem, it's time to investigate further. Press Alt+F11 to open the VBA editor. In the Project Explorer pane on the left, find the project with the document's name in it. Expand the icon and then double-click the ThisDocument icon and any icons that appear under the Modules icon. If you see any code there, copy it and paste it into a reply here, and we'll tell you what it does. You might want to keep it and/or modify it, or you might want to remove it completely. A second, more remote possibility is some sort of document corruption, although I've never heard of one that specifically disabled overtype and did nothing else. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Pat, I tried everything you suggested, but to no avail. I even tried saving in different formats - no go. Finally in desparation, I opened a blank document and pasted the entire 13 pages into it. WORKED ! Haven't checked yet, but I hope the formatting is intact. Now, I am more than a little curious as to what the original problem was. Can I send you the document to examine? Regards, Chris |
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:13:01 -0800, cjkoeb
wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote: cjkoeb wrote: [snip] I also am having this problem. The OVR in the bottom line being greyed out, and pressing the INSERT key, does nothing other than produce an audible "THUMP". I have checked both items you mentioned above, and still have the problem. I even "re-registered" the INSERT key. Now, here is the clue that I think that will make the solution clear to you, and then perhaps to me. This is only with a certain document that I received from someone else. Other documents that I have created, or from other people do not have this problem. Help ?? Chris Hi Chris, One possibility is that this particular document contains an AutoOpen or Document_Open macro that unassigns the Insert key or assigns it to a different function. Try going to Tools Macro Security and setting the level to High, then reopening that document. If that removes the problem, it's time to investigate further. Press Alt+F11 to open the VBA editor. In the Project Explorer pane on the left, find the project with the document's name in it. Expand the icon and then double-click the ThisDocument icon and any icons that appear under the Modules icon. If you see any code there, copy it and paste it into a reply here, and we'll tell you what it does. You might want to keep it and/or modify it, or you might want to remove it completely. A second, more remote possibility is some sort of document corruption, although I've never heard of one that specifically disabled overtype and did nothing else. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Pat, I tried everything you suggested, but to no avail. I even tried saving in different formats - no go. Finally in desparation, I opened a blank document and pasted the entire 13 pages into it. WORKED ! Haven't checked yet, but I hope the formatting is intact. Now, I am more than a little curious as to what the original problem was. Can I send you the document to examine? Regards, Chris Hi Chris, One of the classic methods of getting rid of document corruption is to copy everything in the document except the final paragraph mark, and pasting it into a new blank document. The final paragraph mark holds the document-wide formatting information, in addition to the formatting for that specific paragraph, and that's frequently where the corruption is. As I said, I've never heard of a document corruption whose sole effect is disabling overtype mode, but I suppose there's a first time for everything. :-) I'd rather you didn't send the document to me. I don't have any kind of diagnostic tool to find corruption in the binary area of a document, and frankly I'd rather keep pathological files as far away from my installation as possible. Be content that you fixed the problem! -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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"Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:13:01 -0800, cjkoeb wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote: cjkoeb wrote: [snip] I also am having this problem. The OVR in the bottom line being greyed out, and pressing the INSERT key, does nothing other than produce an audible "THUMP". I have checked both items you mentioned above, and still have the problem. I even "re-registered" the INSERT key. Now, here is the clue that I think that will make the solution clear to you, and then perhaps to me. This is only with a certain document that I received from someone else. Other documents that I have created, or from other people do not have this problem. Help ?? Chris Hi Chris, One possibility is that this particular document contains an AutoOpen or Document_Open macro that unassigns the Insert key or assigns it to a different function. Try going to Tools Macro Security and setting the level to High, then reopening that document. If that removes the problem, it's time to investigate further. Press Alt+F11 to open the VBA editor. In the Project Explorer pane on the left, find the project with the document's name in it. Expand the icon and then double-click the ThisDocument icon and any icons that appear under the Modules icon. If you see any code there, copy it and paste it into a reply here, and we'll tell you what it does. You might want to keep it and/or modify it, or you might want to remove it completely. A second, more remote possibility is some sort of document corruption, although I've never heard of one that specifically disabled overtype and did nothing else. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Pat, I tried everything you suggested, but to no avail. I even tried saving in different formats - no go. Finally in desparation, I opened a blank document and pasted the entire 13 pages into it. WORKED ! Haven't checked yet, but I hope the formatting is intact. Now, I am more than a little curious as to what the original problem was. Can I send you the document to examine? Regards, Chris Hi Chris, One of the classic methods of getting rid of document corruption is to copy everything in the document except the final paragraph mark, and pasting it into a new blank document. The final paragraph mark holds the document-wide formatting information, in addition to the formatting for that specific paragraph, and that's frequently where the corruption is. As I said, I've never heard of a document corruption whose sole effect is disabling overtype mode, but I suppose there's a first time for everything. :-) I'd rather you didn't send the document to me. I don't have any kind of diagnostic tool to find corruption in the binary area of a document, and frankly I'd rather keep pathological files as far away from my installation as possible. Be content that you fixed the problem! -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Pat, well, actually I concidered copy/paste as a work around, not a fix. BUT, accidentally I did find the problem, though not sure why Word works this way, but stranger things have been known to lurk in the bowels of Microsoft. I clicked on TRK to turn off tracking, and low and behold, OVR now works !!! any idea of the logic behind that ? Chris |
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cjkoeb wrote:
well, actually I concidered copy/paste as a work around, not a fix. BUT, accidentally I did find the problem, though not sure why Word works this way, but stranger things have been known to lurk in the bowels of Microsoft. I clicked on TRK to turn off tracking, and low and behold, OVR now works !!! any idea of the logic behind that ? Chris Yes, that's by design. When you have change tracking turned on, Word needs to show the old letters as deletions and the new letters as insertions. If you had overtype turned on at the same time, the deletions and insertions would be interleaved and very hard to read. Instead, you can select the old text and start typing, and the entire old text will be marked as deleted with the new insertion coming after it. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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"Jay Freedman" wrote: cjkoeb wrote: well, actually I concidered copy/paste as a work around, not a fix. BUT, accidentally I did find the problem, though not sure why Word works this way, but stranger things have been known to lurk in the bowels of Microsoft. I clicked on TRK to turn off tracking, and low and behold, OVR now works !!! any idea of the logic behind that ? Chris Yes, that's by design. When you have change tracking turned on, Word needs to show the old letters as deletions and the new letters as insertions. If you had overtype turned on at the same time, the deletions and insertions would be interleaved and very hard to read. Instead, you can select the old text and start typing, and the entire old text will be marked as deleted with the new insertion coming after it. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Now that makes sense, and your suggestion for text replacement with tracking is one I will stick in my tool kit. There are so many tip/tricks in most any program as complex as Word or Excel. From looking at some of the other threads that I got when I did a search on "Insert Key", there are quite a few others having the same trouble, and not knowing that it was the TRK all along ! Thanks for the help. |
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